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πŸ“’ Iranian hacking groups are evolving, warns Microsoft πŸ“’

Cyber espionage groups are increasingly utilizing ransomware to either collect funds or disrupt their targets

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via "ITPro".
πŸ“’ NCSC: COVID-19 vaccines were prime target for hackers in 2021 πŸ“’

The GCHQ's cyber arm says 20% of cyber attacks this year targeted the health sector and key organisations involved in the vaccine rollout

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via "ITPro".
πŸ“’ Cryptomixers are helping hackers to launder ransomware payments πŸ“’

The services enable cyber criminals to anonymously clean proceeds from illicit activities

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via "ITPro".
πŸ“’ How do you become an ethical hacker? πŸ“’

We examine what certifications do you need, what jobs are available and how much you can expect to be paid

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via "ITPro".
πŸ“’ Emotet infrastructure has almost doubled since resurgence was confirmed πŸ“’

Researchers confirm the infrastructure has also been upgraded for a "better secured", more resilient operation

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via "ITPro".
πŸ“’ Over a third of applications have high-risk vulnerabilities πŸ“’

Synopsys report reveals that 97% exhibit some form of vulnerability

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via "ITPro".
πŸ—“οΈ Clubhouse launches bug bounty platform with $3,000 on offer for critical vulnerabilities πŸ—“οΈ

Audio-based social media platform prioritizes access control bypasses and information disclosure flaws

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via "The Daily Swig".
❌ Spear-Phishing Campaign Exploits Glitch Platform to Steal Credentials ❌

Threat actors are targeting Middle-East-based employees of major corporations in a scam that uses a specific β€˜ephemeral’ aspect of the project-management tool to link to SharePoint phishing pages.

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via "Threat Post".
❌ How to Choose the Right DDoS Protection Solution ❌

Pankaj Gupta, Senior Director at Citrix, outlines how distributed denial of service attacks have become increasingly sophisticated, bigger and economically motivated.

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via "Threat Post".
⚠ Apple’s Mail Privacy Protection feature – watch out if you have a Watch! ⚠

Apple's "Protect Mail Activity" is a handy privacy enhancement for your messaging habits. As long as you know its limitations...

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via "Naked Security".
πŸ—“οΈ β€˜Everyone is welcome’ – Microsoft security panel offers different perspectives on vulnerability disclosure process πŸ—“οΈ

BlueHat is back following pandemic-induced hiatus

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via "The Daily Swig".
πŸ•΄ Swarm Intelligence May Be Just the Ticket for Improved Network & Device Security πŸ•΄

Based on the reaction of a single insect in a swarm, messages are passed along peer to peer, and an entire environment can respond without a central leader processing data and giving orders.

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via "Dark Reading".
⚠ S3 Ep59: Emotet, an FBI hoax, Samba bugs, and a hijackable suitcase [Podcast] ⚠

Latest episode - listen now!

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via "Naked Security".
🦿 Consumers like the benefits of online shopping despite the security risks 🦿

Only 25% of consumers surveyed by NTT Application Security said they'd take their online business elsewhere following a data breach.

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via "Tech Republic".
πŸ” VA Releases New Strategy to Protect Veteran Data πŸ”

A new cybersecurity strategy, recently unveiled by the Department of Veteran Affairs, is designed to better protect veterans' personal data.

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via "".
πŸ—“οΈ Tor Project unveils plans to route device traffic through Tor anonymity network πŸ—“οΈ

VPN+ tech detailed during annual State of the Onion update

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via "The Daily Swig".
🦿 How midsize companies are vulnerable to data breaches and other cyberattacks 🦿

Midsize companies often lack the staff, expertise and expensive tools needed to defend themselves against attack, says security provider Coro.

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via "Tech Republic".
❌ FBI: FatPipe VPN Zero-Day Exploited by APT for 6 Months ❌

The bureau's flash alert said an APT has been exploiting the flaw to compromise FatPipe router clustering and load balancer products to breach targets' networks.

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via "Threat Post".
β€Ό CVE-2021-0658 β€Ό

In apusys, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS05672107; Issue ID: ALPS05672107.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
β€Ό CVE-2021-43667 β€Ό

A vulnerability has been detected in HyperLedger Fabric v1.4.0, v2.0.0, v2.1.0. This bug can be leveraged by constructing a message whose payload is nil and sending this message with the method 'forwardToLeader'. This bug has been admitted and fixed by the developers of Fabric. If leveraged, any leader node will crash.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
β€Ό CVE-2021-35535 β€Ό

Insecure Boot Image vulnerability in Hitachi Energy Relion Relion 670/650/SAM600-IO series allows an attacker who manages to get access to the front network port and to cause a reboot sequences of the device may exploit the vulnerability, where there is a tiny time gap during the booting process where an older version of VxWorks is loaded prior to application firmware booting, could exploit the vulnerability in the older version of VxWorks and cause a denial-of-service on the product. This issue affects: Hitachi Energy Relion 670 Series 2.2.2 all revisions; 2.2.3 versions prior to 2.2.3.3. Hitachi Energy Relion 670/650 Series 2.2.0 all revisions; 2.2.4 all revisions. Hitachi Energy Relion 670/650/SAM600-IO 2.2.1 all revisions.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".